spaddad Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 weathering the yellow submarine, if any normal people ever see this stuff we'll all be sectioned 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Looking lovely! I'd be tempted to skip the flat coat, or maybe just spray it on the bottom parts. I think the gloss suits it and it'd be a shame to risk those windows. I guess if you airbrush the varnish, you could maybe mask with paper tubes rather than tape, just resting on top? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 weathering the yellow submarine, if any normal people ever see this stuff we'll all be sectioned Its perfectly normal behavior and I am sure Jorgen is unlikely to find himself in any kind of government institution. Well I hope not anyway (please don't report him). Hey, its the 1960's, pretty much anything goes! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Looking great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 WOW!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks a lot for all the encouragement. We'll see if I will get away with this one. The last few days I have sometimes seen strange and evil looking blue men spying on our house. I'm not sure that's a good sign. Today I masked off the portholes and sprayed a final gloss coat before the weathering. I have also prepared a base, so when the clear coat was dry I rigged everything up for a trial. Well, what looked right when I had the kit parts and cut my piece of wood doesn't seem to work that well anymore. I think it needs a much larger base. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiex2 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Jorgen- Excellent work- the sub looks amazing, especially considering the kit (rather toy?) you started out with. I do agree with you about a larger base. I'm looking forward to your next build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 That looks really good Jörgen and I agree with you about the base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I think it's the Mutz Nutz!! I also think a larger base would distract from the model. Hope I'm not told off for that!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I think it needs a much larger base. Agreed. I do like the lettering though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Jorgen- Excellent work- the sub looks amazing, especially considering the kit (rather toy?) you started out with. I do agree with you about a larger base. I'm looking forward to your next build. The base kit I used is indeed more of a toy, a toy in simple kit form. I was actually surprised there was nothing more sophisticated available in kit form for such an iconic vessel. I think it's the Mutz Nutz!! I also think a larger base would distract from the model. Hope I'm not told off for that!! You're not the only one thinking so. A friend I discuss a lot of these issues with was very clear yesterday that a small base is right, but perhaps it should be heavier. The models he showed me to support his opinion made me unsure as they made sence. I will have to consider this further. All opinions and ideas are most welcome. I wasn't doing my research properly in the beginning, and today I could no longer avoid paying the price. There is something fundamentally wrong here. There should of course be two propellers... That's not a very clever thing to start messing with at this point, but there was nothing I could do. This morning I promptly cut the single stub off and went to work as carefully as possible. After a while I had come up with this. It now makes much more sense to me from all angles. The propellers are now sourced from the extra kit I cannibalised for my 1/350 Titanic build years ago. Here's the result after repairing the paint. I was also never satisfied with the pale brass colour on the single propeller, it needed a more red tone without being red, so I tried copper this time. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 In the nicest possible way you are completely mad. But once I see an error like that I have to fix it as well. A very good job Sir! I think the base looked good myself. The model is very wacky so why not a different approach? One day I may be 5% as good as you at this model making lark! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiex2 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Great work on correcting the propellers. On second look, I do agree with you and your friend about the base. Edited December 22, 2014 by louiex2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 A brave decision an it paid off, nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Absolutely beautiful Jörgen, I too like the smaller base, it focuses the eye on the sub itself very nicely. I don't like the yellow windows though! Sean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks a lot guys. I've always said that being a bit mad and crazy makes a lot of things easier in life. I finally worked up some courage and went to work with a few different washes to bring out the weld beads and get some life into the still very toy like thing. I decided I had made enough at this point. The exact content in the four periscopes is still highly classified even 46 years after the battle, and watching the documentary film reveals very little. I had to work with what little is known and apply some artistic license. Now the whole known crew is on board. Gloss, flat or something in between, that has been a question for some time. I think that gloss is unlikely and I still want to kill the bath tub toy, so I decided to try a flat coat. It looked good enough to make me remove the window masking for what is hopefully the last time. Not much left to do now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I only have my phone screen but it looks amazing. The matt coat was definitely the right thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Wonderful, simply wonderful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks a lot, glad you like it so far. I carried on as things went quite well and it was so close. The red periscope glasses were glued in place and the white edge painted in. After that it was just to fit the propellers and glue the periscopes, and adjust their alignment as the glue set. I'm calling this done now. The base is still up for question and undecided, but easy to change. It feels good having reduced that stash of unfinished shame with at least one. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Superb!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I defy anyone to come up with anything anywhere near as mental as this, nice one Jorgen, definately a highlight of my modelling life, thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiex2 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Very nice- I've enjoyed following the build. I can't wait to see what will be next on your bench. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Love it Jörgen, just love it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Top marks! Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks a lot! I'm quite overwhelmed about its reception. Finishing this felt a long way off when I dug out the box from the stash, but at last it's done. I have just added some better pictures in the gallery. I hope you enjoy them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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